ORME v. NORTHERN TRUST CO.

No. 31987.

410 Ill. 354 (1951)

102 N.E.2d 335

EUGENE ORME v. THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY et al. — (J. HOWARD McGRATH, Attorney General of the United States, Appellee, v. ADELHEIDT A.N.E. VON HARDENBERG et al., Appellants.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROLAND TOWLE, and NORMAN J. BARRY, both of Chicago, for appellants.

HAROLD I. BAYNTON, of Washington, D.C., and OTTO KERNER, JR., United States Attorney, and HERMAN SMITH, both of Chicago, and JAMES D. HILL, GEORGE B. SEARLES, and RICHARD COSWAY, of the Department of Justice, for appellee.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants-appellants, resident German nationals, question the right of the Attorney General of the United States to vest, in the United States Government, their interests in certain property, under the Trading with the Enemy Act. (40 Stat. 411; U.S.C., 50 App. sec. 1.) The circuit court of Cook County, in a case pending in that court, upheld the vesting orders, substituted the Attorney...

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